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HM Land Registry safeguards land and property ownership worth in excess of £4 trillion, including around £1 trillion of mortgages. The Land Register contains more than 25 million titles showing evidence of ownership for more than 86% of the land mass of England and Wales.

Anyone buying or selling land or property, or taking out a mortgage, must apply to us to register:

unregistered land or property

any new owner of registered land or property

an interest affecting registered land or property, such as a mortgage, a lease or a right of way

When considering each application, we use the law to decide whether and how it should be registered.

Once land or property is entered in the register, we record any ownership changes, mortgages or leases that affect it. Anyone who suffers loss because of an error or omission in the register, or because the register needs to be corrected, will normally be compensated.

We are committed to carrying out our statutory and commercial business with fairness, openness and honesty. We have policies and procedures to prevent bribery.

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